build: configure error related to boost:process when cross-compiling to windows

jarolrod commented at 5:38 am on June 23, 2021: member

When trying to cross-compile for Windows on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS I ran into the following configuration error:

0checking for Boost Process... configure: error: Boost::Process is required for external signer support, but not available!

Steps to reproduce:

depends build for windows

0 cd depends && make -jN HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32

After work is built, try to configure:

0  cd .. && ./autogen.sh && CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure

Run into configuration error

System:

reproduced on VM with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and desktop with Arch Linux

jarolrod added the label Bug on Jun 23, 2021

jarolrod commented at 5:39 am on June 23, 2021: member

FWIW #22294 does not help

  0configure:27812: x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ -std=c++17 -c -pipe -O2  -fno-extended-identifiers -I/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/  -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -D_WIN32_IE=0x0501 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DPROVIDE_FUZZ_MAIN_FUNCTION conftest.cpp >&5
  1In file included from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handles.hpp:11,
  2                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/used_handles.hpp:17,
  3                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/async_in.hpp:20,
  4                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/async.hpp:49,
  5                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process.hpp:23,
  6                 from conftest.cpp:92:
  7/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:208:51: error: expected ')' before '*' token
  8  208 | typedef ::boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ (__kernel_entry *nt_system_query_information_p )(
  9      |                                    ~              ^~
 10      |                                                   )
 11/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:223:51: error: expected ')' before '*' token
 12  223 | typedef ::boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ (__kernel_entry *nt_query_object_p )(
 13      |                                    ~              ^~
 14      |                                                   )
 15/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp: In function 'boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ boost::process::detail::windows::workaround::nt_system_query_information(boost::process::detail::windows::workaround::SYSTEM_INFORMATION_CLASS_, void*, boost::winapi::ULONG_, boost::winapi::PULONG_)':
 16/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:239:12: error: 'nt_system_query_information_p' does not name a type; did you mean 'nt_system_query_information'?
 17  239 |     static nt_system_query_information_p f = reinterpret_cast<nt_system_query_information_p>(::boost::winapi::get_proc_address(h, "NtQuerySystemInformation"));
 18      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 19      |            nt_system_query_information
 20In file included from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handles.hpp:11,
 21                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/used_handles.hpp:17,
 22                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/async_in.hpp:20,
 23                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/async.hpp:49,
 24                 from /home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process.hpp:23,
 25                 from conftest.cpp:92:
 26/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:241:14: error: 'f' was not declared in this scope
 27  241 |     return (*f)(SystemInformationClass, SystemInformation, SystemInformationLength, ReturnLength);
 28      |              ^
 29/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp: In function 'boost::winapi::BOOL_ boost::process::detail::windows::workaround::nt_query_object(boost::winapi::HANDLE_, boost::process::detail::windows::workaround::OBJECT_INFORMATION_CLASS_, void*, boost::winapi::ULONG_, boost::winapi::PULONG_)':
 30/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:253:12: error: 'nt_query_object_p' does not name a type; did you mean 'nt_query_object'?
 31  253 |     static nt_query_object_p f = reinterpret_cast<nt_query_object_p>(::boost::winapi::get_proc_address(h, "NtQueryObject"));
 32      |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 33      |            nt_query_object
 34/home/xyz/Code/Bitcoin/temp/bitcoin/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/boost/process/detail/windows/handle_workaround.hpp:255:14: error: 'f' was not declared in this scope
 35  255 |     return (*f)(Handle, ObjectInformationClass, ObjectInformation, ObjectInformationLength, ReturnLength);
 36      |              ^
 37configure:27812: $? = 1
 38configure: failed program was:
 39| /* confdefs.h */
 40| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Bitcoin Core"
 41| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "bitcoin"
 42| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "21.99.0"
 43| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Bitcoin Core 21.99.0"
 44| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues"
 45| #define PACKAGE_URL "https://bitcoincore.org/"
 46| #define HAVE_CXX17 1
 47| #define STDC_HEADERS 1
 48| #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
 49| #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
 50| #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
 51| #define HAVE_STRING_H 1
 52| #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
 53| #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
 54| #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
 55| #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
 56| #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
 57| #define LT_OBJDIR ".libs/"
 58| #define USE_ASM 1
 59| #define ENABLE_SSE41 1
 60| #define ENABLE_AVX2 1
 61| #define ENABLE_SHANI 1
 62| #define HAVE_LIBKERNEL32 1
 63| #define HAVE_LIBUSER32 1
 64| #define HAVE_LIBGDI32 1
 65| #define HAVE_LIBCOMDLG32 1
 66| #define HAVE_LIBWINMM 1
 67| #define HAVE_LIBSHELL32 1
 68| #define HAVE_LIBCOMCTL32 1
 69| #define HAVE_LIBOLE32 1
 70| #define HAVE_LIBOLEAUT32 1
 71| #define HAVE_LIBUUID 1
 72| #define HAVE_LIBADVAPI32 1
 73| #define HAVE_LIBWS2_32 1
 74| #define HAVE_LIBSHLWAPI 1
 75| #define HAVE_LIBIPHLPAPI 1
 76| #define HAVE___INT128 1
 77| #define HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT 1
 78| #define HAVE_PTHREAD 1
 79| #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
 80| #define HAVE_DECL_STRERROR_R 0
 81| #define HAVE_LIBSSP 1
 82| #define HAVE_STDIO_H 1
 83| #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
 84| #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
 85| #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
 86| #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
 87| #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
 88| #define HAVE_DECL_GETIFADDRS 0
 89| #define HAVE_DECL_FREEIFADDRS 0
 90| #define HAVE_DECL_STRNLEN 1
 91| #define HAVE_DECL_FORK 0
 92| #define HAVE_DECL_SETSID 0
 93| #define HAVE_DECL_PIPE2 0
 94| #define HAVE_DECL_LE16TOH 0
 95| #define HAVE_DECL_LE32TOH 0
 96| #define HAVE_DECL_LE64TOH 0
 97| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOLE16 0
 98| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOLE32 0
 99| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOLE64 0
100| #define HAVE_DECL_BE16TOH 0
101| #define HAVE_DECL_BE32TOH 0
102| #define HAVE_DECL_BE64TOH 0
103| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOBE16 0
104| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOBE32 0
105| #define HAVE_DECL_HTOBE64 0
106| #define HAVE_DECL_BSWAP_16 0
107| #define HAVE_DECL_BSWAP_32 0
108| #define HAVE_DECL_BSWAP_64 0
109| #define HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZL 1
110| #define HAVE_BUILTIN_CLZLL 1
111| #define HAVE_DEFAULT_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE 1
112| #define HAVE_DLLEXPORT_ATTRIBUTE 1
113| #define HAVE_FDATASYNC 0
114| #define HAVE_O_CLOEXEC 0
115| #define HAVE_STD__SYSTEM 1
116| #define HAVE_SYSTEM HAVE_STD__SYSTEM || HAVE_WSYSTEM
117| #define QT_STATICPLUGIN 1
118| #define QT_QPA_PLATFORM_MINIMAL 1
119| #define QT_QPA_PLATFORM_WINDOWS 1
120| #define USE_BDB 1
121| #define USE_SQLITE 1
122| #define HAVE_MINIUPNPC_MINIUPNPC_H 1
123| #define HAVE_MINIUPNPC_UPNPCOMMANDS_H 1
124| #define HAVE_MINIUPNPC_UPNPERRORS_H 1
125| #define HAVE_NATPMP_H 1
126| #define HAVE_BOOST /**/
127| #define HAVE_BOOST_SYSTEM /**/
128| #define HAVE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM /**/
129| /* end confdefs.h.  */
130| #include <boost/process.hpp>
131| int
132| main ()
133| {
134|  boost::process::child* child = new boost::process::child; delete child;
135|   ;
136|   return 0;
137| }
138configure:27820: error: Boost::Process is required for external signer support, but not available!

jarolrod renamed this:
~~build: configure error Boost:Process is required for external signer but not available~~
build: configure error related to boost:process when cross-compiling to windows
on Jun 23, 2021

hebasto commented at 10:31 am on June 23, 2021: member

Also gitian and guix builds for Windows are broken.

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build: configure error related to boost:process when cross-compiling to windows #22319